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2 weeks ago | 
ft.com | Kenji Kawase |Cheng Ting-Fang |Lauly Li |Yifan Yu |David Keohane |Leo Lewis | +2 more
Hello, this is Kenji. I ended my third stint in Hong Kong last week and returned to Nikkei’s Tokyo newsroom on Monday.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Mailys Pene-Lassus |Catherine De Beaurepaire
BRUSSELS/PARIS/HAMBURG, Germany -- European countries are expected to continue negotiations with Beijing even if they vote to impose duties on China-made electric vehicles on Friday, sources told Nikkei Asia. The European Union and China have until the end of October to negotiate a definitive framework that will be put in place for five years from November.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Mailys Pene-Lassus
PARIS -- Asian athletes are fighting for gold in the new disciplines of breaking, speed climbing and skateboarding this week at the Olympic Games in Paris. Breaking, so named as the competitors -- B-girls and B-boys -- dance to the break of a track, is making its Olympic debut. Sport climbing and skateboarding only became Olympic competitions at Tokyo 2020. Here are some Asian talent to watch out for in events beginning Aug. 5.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Wataru Suzuki |Mailys Pene-Lassus
GUANGZHOU/PARIS -- Chinese lifestyle goods retailer Miniso says it expects to derive a majority of its revenue from abroad in the next five years as it accelerates store openings amid rising trade barriers and a slowdown in growth at home. In the first quarter of this year, overseas stores made up 39% of its 6,690 outlets and contributed a third of its 3.72 billion yuan ($515 million) in revenue, Miniso's latest financial statement revealed.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Mailys Pene-Lassus
PARIS -- Parliamentary elections in France on Sunday yielded an unlikely winner in the left-wing coalition, letting European allies breathe easier after the far right failed to make as much progress as expected, though Paris faces an era of uncertainty in domestic and foreign affairs.
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Jun 29, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Mailys Pene-Lassus
PARIS -- France goes to the polls Sunday for the first round of snap legislative elections, called by President Emmanuel Macron after his party lost heavily to far-right leader Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National (National Rally) in recent European Union parliamentary elections. His move shocked a country that has never been ruled by the far right but for World War II when it was occupied by Nazi Germany.
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May 8, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Wataru Suzuki |Mailys Pene-Lassus
SHANGHAI/PARIS -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is performing a delicate balancing act during his trip to Europe, analysts said, as he seeks to bolster economic ties with the region while facing growing pressure to fix trade imbalances and intervene in the Ukraine war. Xi used his visit to France earlier this week to signal a commitment to open trade and call for a global war truce during the Paris Olympics, before moving to Serbia where he delivered a defiant message to NATO.
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May 6, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Mailys Pene-Lassus
PARIS -- Beijing has agreed it will not impose tit-for-tat tariffs on French brandy, despite numerous probes by the European Union into Chinese industries, after President Xi Jinping met with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the first day of his state visit to Paris. China and France also are signing deals in some sectors, such as electric vehicle batteries, and called for cooperation in others like cosmetics, winemaking and hydrogen production.
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May 3, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Mailys Pene-Lassus
PARIS -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to embark on his first European diplomatic tour in five years, starting in France before traveling on to Serbia and Hungary. Trade will be at the heart of his discussions in Paris on Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who has also been invited. After this meeting, Xi and Macron are due to hold bilateral talks.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Mailys Pene-Lassus
PARIS -- Almost one in three cars on the road in China and more than one in five in the U.S. and Europe will be electric by 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast in a report released Tuesday. This year alone, around 20% of cars -- or 17 million units -- sold worldwide will be electric vehicles, according to the intergovernmental body's Global EV Outlook 2024 report.
